March 18th, 2008Happy (Belated) Pi Day
Well, we missed Pi Day, which, for the curious, is on March 14th each year (3.14, ha, ha, ha).
I was reminded of it when a friend (thanks, Adam!) sent this webcomic from the series Toothpaste for Dinner. The strip (intentionally or not?) covers stuff of geek interest, so be sure to click through.
I am happy to admit that I’m in the “enough for most scientists” range, though I have no idea why 3.14159 is still in my head after all these years but not 3.141592.
March 18th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
I spent my pi day writing a math mid-term. I have a feeling that my prof thought he was being funny. I know it up to the 2 but only because the pi button on my calculator tells me it up to that point.
March 20th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Alistair, you win the geek prize this week. Or is that nerd?
There was an article about the distinction somewhere online earlier this week.
March 25th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
I must admit I actually know 3.1415926 by heart. But I think it’s cooler to know algorithms to calculate pi based on toothpicks.